Your weekly sampling of some of this past week’s saxophone-related news: RIP Gerry Rafferty, Whose ‘Baker Street’ Changed the Sax Solo Why do we think Bob Holness was the Baker Street saxophonist? First Listen: Joe Lovano Us Five, ‘Bird Songs’ Joe Lovano Us Five: Live At The Village Vanguard Jason Robinson and collaborators push beyond [read more…]
The popular music of the 1980’s carried with it a powerful legacy for us saxophone players. Unlike the pop music of today, much of which is sampled, sequenced, and looped, the music of the 80’s made frequent use of the saxophone solo. Classic solos on songs such as “Careless Whisper,” “I Can’t Go for That,” [read more…]
Flashy technique and altissimo are all fine and good, but a rich, powerful, and distinctive saxophone sound that truly grabs your listeners is the hallmark of any great player. Thing is, without the correct methods, you're likely to waste time, looking for the perfect setup and trying to make sense of vague and conflicting instruction from books, videos, and private teachers.
Luckily, sax legend David Liebman, one of the world's foremost experts on saxophone sound production, takes you on a step-by-step journey through the method used by legends such as Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, and other masters. Starting from your mental concept of sound, to the breath, to the throat and the oral cavity (lots of cool overtone exercises here!), to the embouchure, and then on to expressive effects and working on reeds - Dave covers everything you need to develop the sort of sound that turns heads - from the first note.
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This week’s Best. Saxophone. Podcast. Ever. features top Los Angeles session saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and arranger Jeff Driskill. Jeff’s played on a multitude of soundtracks including “Toy Story 3”, and has also worked with a multitude of film composers including John Williams. In the world of popular music, Jeff’s played with luminaries such as [read more…]
This article is the third in a three-part series. If you haven’t done so already, I suggest you check out part one and part two. So now that we know what overtones are and why we should practice them, it’s time to put some of this knowledge to practice. While there are a good number of online [read more…]
Howdy fellow Saxerati! I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank you all for your amazing support over the last 4 months of this website’s existence. I’ve had such a great time crankin’ out blog posts, recording podcasts, meeting great people, and chattin’ it up with my new friends on Facebook, Twitter and [read more…]
So here I am with the second installment of Back on the Sax where I detail my adventures as I go from tech and blogging geek back into my former status of professional giggin’ sax player. To read more about the thinking behind this series you can check out my first Back on the Sax [read more…]
Your weekly sampling of some of this past week’s saxophone-related news: Jazz giant James Moody remembered Even in Sickness (James Moody) Soulive feat. Karl Denson [Sorry(!), but this web page has disappeared since the original publication of this article] Review | Kenny G at the Midland [Sorry(!), but this web page has disappeared since the original publication [read more…]
Intro Sure, I’ve played professionally quite a bit in the past. But these days, I’m more of a technology and blogging guy. I don’t pretend to be a full-time professional sax player touring the world and sharing stages with the greats. So then why would I run a website packed with info that’s supposed to [read more…]